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Red Planet Cartoons commemorated the annual feeding of the federal Leviathan: April 15th, Tax Day. The above cartoon kicks off an informative post about The Fair Tax. “[P]assing the FairTax would constitute the biggest transfer of power from government to the people in the history of this republic.” -–from the book FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics by congressman John Linder and Neal Boortz, p.60. For those who need information on the Fair Tax idea, RPC presents the following, easy-to-digest table.

According to the Tax Foundation, tax freedom day is April 23 this year. That means it takes that long into the New Year for the average worker to earn enough money to pay his or her total tax bill for the year. In other words, we are required to pay our taxes for 2007 by April 15th even before we earn enough to pay them. If necessary, we can request a benevolent extension beyond April 15th if our tax return is so complicated that we cannot gather all the documentation required in order to file on time. That’ll be me...

HOUSTON, April 8, 2008 --The following release was issued today by Ken Hoagland, National Communications Director of FairTax.org: To stimulate consumer spending this year America will essentially borrow money from China and other lender nations and provide rebate checks to our taxpayers. Astoundingly, however, just obeying our almost indecipherable 67,500 pages of tax regulations will cost about $100 billion more in tax preparation costs than the cost of the rebates. Why? The income tax system bedevils American taxpayers and damages the national economy but the tax code also serves the political, profit and power motives of a small group of...

The Americans For Fair Taxation welcomes Congressman Rob Wittman to The Fair Tax movement. He joined The Fair Tax movement on February 14th. Representative Wittman is the 74th cosponsor. His signing is the second in February. Clearly the grassroots momentum for The Fair Tax is growing! Please keep up your enthusiasm for Fair Tax! Congratulations Representative Wittman for joining The Fair Tax movement!

This is a response to the Feb. 7 letter "Most families come out behind in 'Fair Tax' plan." The writer states that 80 percent to 85 percent of Americans spend most of their income. Money magazine does a yearly survey of all age groups, and the worst savers of them all are the 18- to 25- year-old group, and 21 percent of them have some form of savings or 401k. What the "Fair Tax" would do among other things is bring back more jobs to America by making our products more competitive around the world. According to the more than...

In a piece published on January 9th for Townhall, economics writer Jerry Bowyer posed some common questions about the FairTax. The FairTax would replace personal income taxes, payroll taxes, capital gains taxes, corporate income taxes, and the death tax with a national retail sales tax. The FairTax has become a prominent subject for discussion as Mike Huckabee, its leading advocate among the presidential candidates, has risen to the top of the national polls. In politics, as in life, “context” (which could also be called, “basic point of view” or “the framing of the issue”) trumps “content” (in this case, the...